SAI Kenya conducted a performance audit of the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation’s (the Ministry) measures to enable the continuity and timely completion of the Kenya Towns Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program (the Program), a government initiative comprising 48 projects. The audit coverage period was from January 2016 to July 2022. The Ministry managed to ensure the continuity of the Program, with some projects completed as per the expected timelines. However, auditors identified a number of limitations that may hinder the full implementation of the Program: - failure to take program timelines into consideration during the processing of subsidiary loan agreements; - delays and erratic nature in processing of tax exemptions; - failure by the Ministry to provide timely access to land or wayleaves; - failure by the Ministry to ensure the timely approval of statutory approvals and licenses; - inefficiency in ensuring optimal realization of projects gains; - failure by the Ministry to ensure the preparedness of stakeholders, in order to allow for efficient Program implementation. SAI Kenya’s recommendations focused on addressing identified violations, such as streamlining the tax exemption process; avoiding duplications in oversight procedures in the payment processing; implementing a simplified direct payment channel between the implementer and the financier; mapping out all riparian land intended for future use, and acquiring key sites before commencement of any construction works.

SAI The Gambia conducted a performance audit on telecommunications service delivery by the state-owned limited liability company the Gambia Telecommunications Company Limited (GAMTEL). The audit cause was a significant decline in GAMTEL performance: poor governance, financial mismanagement, improper spending, and state interference in the operations and management. During the period spanning from 2019 to 2022, auditors discovered the following: - lack of necessary infrastructure to keep up with the increasing demand for broadband connectivity; - delays in responding to customers' service interruption: the absence of a Fault Management Information System and mobility issues; - inadequate administrative framework and debt management infrastructure; - ineffective monitoring of GAMTEL branches and exchange. SAI's recommendations were to eliminate the identified deficiencies by urgently expanding network coverage by building more fibre access terminals and upgrading technology; implementing an automated fault management system to enhance coordination; developing a comprehensive strategic plan; and establishing branch and exchange monitoring schedules for regional managers.

The EU’s ambition is zero water pollution by 2030 (SDG 14). In view of this, European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed EU actions to address ship-source seawater pollution. The audit methodology also included on-site visits of sea shore regions of Germany and France. Overall, EU rules improved, but implementation weaknesses existed and data was insufficient to measure results. While the European Maritime Safety Agency developed useful tools, member states did not use them to their full potential. They often failed to meet their mandatory targets for ship inspections. Auditors also revealed that there was no overview of the results achieved by EU-funded projects or of the options for scaling up. ECA recommendations aim to make pollution alert tools more effective, strengthen the monitoring of ship inspection targets, improve the impact of EU funding. Auditors also recommended better measuring seawater pollution.

SAI Malawi assessed the extent to which Malawi Prison Service (MPS) has provided Custody, Health and Technical rehabilitation services to inmates. The audit covered the period of three financial years from 2015/2016 to 2017/2018. Auditors found the following: - ineffective implementation of technical skill rehabilitation programs: low enrolment (only 6% of convicted inmates), poor quality of rehabilitation programs (lack of modern training tools, equipment and training infrastructure), lack of post-release support services to rehabilitated inmates; - overcrowding in prison cells: prisons were keeping in custody inmates more than double the recommended holding capacity; - poor quality and inadequate quantity of meals, as well as inadequate provision of uniforms, blankets and soap for inmates; - ineffective health services provided to inmates: lack of adequate and qualified medical personnel, inadequate funding for procurement of medical supplies, equipment and infrastructure. SAI made several recommendations, inter alia: conducting training need assessment for every inmate; negotiating with Technical colleges to provide specialists or training for officers in MPS; improving budgetary allocation towards rehabilitation programs; commercialising services and products provided in Technical rehabilitation workshops by MPS; building new prisons; increasing investment in prison farms; improving on information management by computerising data system; renovating and extending health infrastructure in prison stations, and lobbying Ministry of Health to consider deploying some civil qualified medical personnel to Malawi Prisons health facilities.

SAI Austria conducted an audit of the government's natural gas supply security measures for the period of 2018-2022. The auditors assessed the regulatory framework for energy security, analyzed gas import market dynamics, and examined options for reducing natural gas dependence, supply security strategies at the federal level, risk management, and monitoring of logistical security in the natural gas sector. SAI found a number of violations, including the failure of energy companies to submit reporting and summary data on the implementation of gas supply contracts to the Ministry for Climate Action and Energy and the E Control regulator. As a result, the Austrian government did not have complete data on the country's gas supply availability and was unprepared for the termination of cooperation with Russian suppliers in 2022. SAI recommended that the government and Austrian energy companies ensure continuity of gas supply and reduce dependence on Russian energy, while taking into account the EU's commitment to decarbonization and increased energy affordability for households.